DRDO, Kudankulam data breaches highlight emerging AI-agent cyber threats to India's critical infrastructure

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 21 (UNI) The alleged exposure of data associated with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, coupled with a recent warning by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) about autonomous Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents accessing live systems, has highlighted emerging cybersecurity challenges for India's critical infrastructure, cybersecurity specialist K. S. Manoj has warned. While around 31 GB of data allegedly associated with DRDO was reported to have been offered for sale on the dark web, a separate incident involved the exposure of approximately 19,000 files totalling 14.3 GB, purportedly associated with…